Is X99 worth getting for "future proofing"

[toben67]

Yes many people will say don't if your only gaming but due to its 6 cores would it be worth it for not having to upgrade. I want to have a rig that will let me game from 2015-2020 with only upgrade like the graphics card. Though I thought that in the future games will use more cores and threads?

 

[Brillis Wuce]

Even by 2020, there won't be any games that utilize 12 cores (6 cores + Hyperthreading), to the best of my knowledge. I would be VERY surprised.

A 4790K will last you 5 years for gaming, especially with its ability to overclock. The only time I recommend an X99 chipset is when you're doing heavy video editing, 3D animation or CAD programming.

 

[toben67]

Even by 2020, there won't be any games that utilize 12 cores (6 cores + Hyperthreading), to the best of my knowledge. I would be VERY surprised.

A 4790K will last you 5 years for gaming, especially with its ability to overclock. The only time I recommend an X99 chipset is when you're doing heavy video editing, 3D animation or CAD programming.

For gaming is the core i5 4690k still alright? Or must i have to go i7

 

[Brillis Wuce]

The i5 will give you identical performance. Save that $100, and put it towards the rest of your PC.

It's up to you whether having Hyperthreading is worth it, but it doesn't benefit gaming.

 

[ccampy]

Well it does benefit a small ammaoubt of games one that actually have a half decent game engine such as battlefield but for 95% of games it dosbt do anything